{"id":1731788,"date":"2022-11-09T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731788"},"modified":"2022-11-09T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:04:14","slug":"world-cup-ambassadors-interview-ended-after-he-says-homosexuality-is-damage-in-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-cup-ambassadors-interview-ended-after-he-says-homosexuality-is-damage-in-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Ambassador\u2019s Interview Ended After He Says Homosexuality Is \u201cDamage in the Mind\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworld-cup-ambassadors-interview-ended-after-he-says-homosexuality-is-damage-in-the-mind%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman had his interview with German broadcaster ZDF ended after he claimed that homosexuality is \u201cdamage in the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Khalid-Salman1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Khalid-Salman1.png 853w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Khalid-Salman1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Khalid-Salman1-768x407-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Khalid-Salman1-750x397-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khalid Salman via SBS News YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The segment was picked up by Australia\u2019s SBS News and shared to their YouTube channel where Salman can be seen explaining that homosexuals traveling to Qatar for the World Cup will have to accept the countries rules and laws.<\/p>\n<p>Salman states, \u201cThey have to accept our rules here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/lakers-shut-down-instagram-comments-after-promoting-pride-night-with-new-jersey-reveal-gets-roasted-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lakers Shut Down Instagram Comments After Promoting Pride Night With New Jersey Reveal, Gets Roasted On Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked, if homosexuality is against the law, Salman answers, \u201cThis haram. Do you know haram meaning?\u201d For those unfamiliar with the definition of haram it means forbidden or proscribed by Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>Salman is then asked if he thinks gay is haram. He replies, \u201cYeah, it is haram. I\u2019m not being a strict Muslim. But why is it haram? Because it is damage in the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/nachrichten\/politik\/zdf-doku-katar-homosexualitaet-geistiger-schaden-breyer-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZDF reports<\/a> that after Salman\u2019s comments \u201cthe interview was immediately terminated by the spokesman for the World Cup Organizing Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6902\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1864\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups.png 1864w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups-1340x598-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups-768x343-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups-750x335-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/World-Cup-Qatar-2022-Groups-1200x536-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Cup Qatar 2022 Groups via FIFA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/qatar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of State\u2019s 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Qatar<\/a>, \u201cLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ueer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) persons faced discrimination under the law and in practice. The law prohibits consensual same-sex sexual conduct between men but does not explicitly prohibit same-sex sexual relations between women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the law a man convicted of having sexual relations with a boy younger than age 16 is subject to a sentence of life in prison. A man convicted of having same-sex sexual relations with a male 16 years of age or older may receive a sentence of seven years in prison. Under sharia law homosexuality is punishable by death; there were no reports of any executions for this reason,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p>It also notes, \u201cIn addition to banning sex outside marriage for all persons, the law provides penalties for any male, Muslim or not, who \u2018instigates\u2019 or \u2018entices\u2019 another male to commit an act of sodomy or immorality. Under the penal code, \u2018leading, instigating, or seducing a male by any means for sodomy or dissipation\u2019 and \u2018inducing or seducing a male or a female by any means to commit illegal or immoral actions\u2019 is punishable by up to three years\u2019 imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FIFA-World-Cup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1044\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FIFA-World-Cup.png 1044w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FIFA-World-Cup-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FIFA-World-Cup-768x406-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FIFA-World-Cup-750x397-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIFA World Cup via FIFA YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/premier-league-kicks-off-black-history-month-pushing-racism-narrative-brings-back-woke-taking-the-knee-virtue-signal-before-matches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League Kicks Off \u2018Black History Month\u2019 Pushing Racism Narrative, Brings Back Woke \u201cTaking The Knee\u201d Virtue Signal Before Matches<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concerns about safety for homosexuals attending or participating in the tournament have been raised for over a year. Australian player Josh Cavallo told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/nov\/07\/gay-footballer-josh-cavallo-would-be-scared-to-play-at-world-cup-in-qatar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> last November, \u201cI read something along the lines of that [they] give the death penalty for gay people in Qatar, so it\u2019s something I\u2019m very scared [of] and wouldn\u2019t really want to go to Qatar for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAnd that saddens me. At the end of the day the World Cup is in Qatar and one of the greatest achievements as a professional footballer is to play for your country, and to know that this is in a country that doesn\u2019t support gay people and puts us at risk of our own life, that does scare me and makes me re-evaluate \u2013 is my life more important than doing something really good in my career?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-Cavallo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-Cavallo.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-Cavallo-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-Cavallo-768x345-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-Cavallo-750x337-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Cavallo via Outsports.com YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nasser Al Khater, the CEO of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 responded to Cavallo\u2019s concerns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/30\/football\/qatar-2020-world-cup-nasser-al-khater-spt-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling CNN<\/a>, \u201cOn the contrary, we welcome him here in the state of Qatar, we welcome him to come and see even prior to the World Cup \u2026 Nobody feels threatened here, nobody feels unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that people don\u2019t feel safe here is untrue. I\u2019ve said this before and I say this to you again, everybody is welcome here. Everybody is welcome here and everybody will feel safe here. Qatar is a tolerant country. It\u2019s a welcoming country. It\u2019s a hospitable country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al Khater also informed CNN, \u201cQatar and the region are a lot more modest, and Qatar and the region are a lot more conservative. And this is what we ask fans to respect. And we\u2019re sure that fans will respect that \u2026 We respect different cultures and we expect other cultures to respect ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nasser-Al-Khater.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1042\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nasser-Al-Khater.png 1042w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nasser-Al-Khater-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nasser-Al-Khater-768x405-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nasser-Al-Khater-750x395-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nasser Al Khater via Al Jazeera English YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/carolina-courage-defender-jaelene-daniels-stands-up-to-the-alphabet-mafia-refuses-to-wear-lgbtgq-themed-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Courage Defender Jaelene Daniels Stands Up To The Alphabet Mafia, Refuses To Wear LGBTGQ-Themed Jersey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Homosexual acts are acts of grave depravity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/sites\/default\/files\/flipbooks\/catechism\/568\/#zoom=z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains<\/a>, \u201cHomosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.<\/p>\n<p>It continues, \u201cBasing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that \u2018homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.\u2019 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lf.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lf-201x300-1.jpg 201w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible,\u201d it goes on. \u201cThis inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God\u2019s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord\u2019s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition,\u201d it instructs.<\/p>\n<p>The Catechism concludes, \u201cHomosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fifa-World-Cup1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"927\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fifa-World-Cup1.png 927w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fifa-World-Cup1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fifa-World-Cup1-768x454-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fifa-World-Cup1-750x443-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIFA World Cup via FIFA YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Salman\u2019s comments? What about the fact the interview was shut down after he made his comments?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/greek-soccer-star-sentenced-to-10-months-in-prison-over-facebook-post-criticizing-greek-law-redefining-gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek Soccer Star Sentenced To 10 Months In Prison Over Facebook Post Criticizing Greek Law Redefining Gender<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman had his interview with German broadcaster ZDF ended after he claimed that homosexuality is \u201cdamage in the mind.\u201d Khalid Salman via SBS News YouTube The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1731791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1731788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1731788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1731788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}